Entries tagged with “backup” from O'Reilly Digital Media Blog

This article is about my new collection of Korg Nano devices - or it was going to be until my hard drive died.

Is Time Machine all I need you need to stay operational on a daily basis? I think it comes pretty close. But, I took a look at additional options to keep me and my Macs operational on a daily basis.

Apple has done a not-so-great job in documenting how to properly delete files from a Time Machine backup: Time Machine's online help doesn't explain how to do this, yet the solution is mentioned shortly on Time Machine's product page on the Apple website (it's under "Back up only what you need"). No wonder that, even though this topic has been addressed on several websites already, people keep asking how this works. Here's the answer to that question -- yet again.

If you value your data, you must have a reliable backup strategy in place, because, sooner or later, you will lose data. It's "when," not "if." With Time Machine, Apple has included backup software with Mac OS X 10.5 that is both easy to use and reliable, so there is no more excuse for not backing up your data. How 'bout sharing some best practices for personal backups, then.